Travel: Magazine features Eastern Washington highlights

When I was asked to write the Eastern Washington feature for last month’s Alaska Airlines Magazine ‘s annual Washington section, I was given only one note: Show us what you like best.

I wish all assignments were that easy. I ran out of space long before I ran out of words to describe this beautiful part of the state

I opened with one of my favorite things to do: standing on a pedestrian bridge over the Spokane River watching Spokane, the state’s second-largest city, wake up and come to life on a summer day. I wrote about the beautiful Palouse, the wine and arts culture in Walla Walla and the magnificent landscape of the Columbia River. I crisscrossed the region from the Tri-Cities to the Colville National Forest.

I got a lot of emails from local flyers who’d seen the piece. If you’d like to read it, you can access the annual Alaska Airlines Washington State feature here . The Eastern Washington feature begins on page 38